Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Scotch Bush (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Scotch Bush. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Scotch Bush is located in Montgomery County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Montgomery County: Fulton, Herkimer, Otsego, Schenectady & Schoharie.
Below are the counties that are near Scotch Bush. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scotch Bush:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Scotch Bush)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Bush, with the one closest to Scotch Bush listed first.
- Burtonsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Amsterdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cranesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Fort Johnson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harrower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Auriesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hagaman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wallins Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Tribes Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fultonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fonda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Bush, with the one closest to Scotch Bush listed first.
- Knox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Altamont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Berne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Meadowdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- East Berne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berne
- Guilderland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmans Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Lisha Kill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- New Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Voorheesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Colonie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Bush, with the one closest to Scotch Bush listed first.
- Perth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Broadalbin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Progress
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Johnstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Berkshire
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Gloversville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sammonsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Union Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Meco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Mayfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- North Broadalbin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Greene County
- Oak Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Bush, with the one closest to Scotch Bush listed first.
- Benson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Bush, with the one closest to Scotch Bush listed first.
- Fort Plain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Starkville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Bush, with the one closest to Scotch Bush listed first.
- Center Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Center Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Calcutta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calcutta is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcutta
- Cherry Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- South Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- South Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley
- Decatur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Pleasant Brook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Brook is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Brook
- Roseboom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Bush, with the one closest to Scotch Bush listed first.
- Lansingburgh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Pleasantdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Troy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Troy is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Rensselaer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sycaway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Defreestville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- Hampton Manor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Albia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Couse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Schaghticoke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wyantskill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wyantskill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyantskill
- Wynantskill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Bush, with the one closest to Scotch Bush listed first.
- West Charlton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Charlton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Galway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Burnt Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hagedorns Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Whiteside Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Birchton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Mosherville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Groom Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Ballston Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ballston Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston Center
- Elnora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Bush, with the one closest to Scotch Bush listed first.
- Braman Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Mariaville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Pattersonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rynex Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rotterdam Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Delanson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Duanesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Glenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Duane Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Princetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Bush, with the one closest to Scotch Bush listed first.
- Esperance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Central Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gallupville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Howes Cave
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Schoharie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Mineral Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Middleburgh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cobleskill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Lawyersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Warnerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scotch Bush, see our County-by-County Page for Scotch Bush.
Cemeteries Near Scotch Bush ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scotch Bush.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Scotch Bush - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scotch Bush covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scotch Bush, with the one closest to Scotch Bush listed first.
- Dorn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Remsen Bush Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chuctanunda Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Flydendall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flydendall Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Flydendall Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Braman Corners.
- The Flydendall Cemetery has also been known as:
- Agre Farm Cemetery
- Frendendall Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64556 <3>
- Frydendall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Batter Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Patterson Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Reformed Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- County Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- County Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (531 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Braman Corners.
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Braman Corners Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66544 <3>
- Green Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mariahville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Scotch Bush had a population of 98 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scotch Bush, with the one closest to Scotch Bush listed first.
- Minaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Minaville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Braman Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Mariaville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burtonsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Cranesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Amsterdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rynex Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Pattersonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hoffmans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hoffmans is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmans
- Rockton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Esperance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Johnson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Duanesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Rotterdam Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fort Hunter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scotch Bush. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scotch Bush.
Newspapers Published in Scotch Bush ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scotch Bush.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scotch Bush, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scotch Bush.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Scotch Bush:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Greene County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Otsego County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scotch Bush) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Scotch Bush, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |